Pengertian Resulting Copula
Resulting copula adalah verb (kata kerja) yang merefleksikan perubahan kondisi (state of being). Copula tersebut menghubungkan subject dengan deskripsinya berupa predicative adjective.
Verb yang dapat berfungsi sebagai resulting copula antara lain:
- become
- come
- go
- get
- grow
- run
- turn
Contoh Kalimat Resulting Copula
Keterangan:
- resulting copula = bold
- predicative adjective = italic
| 1 | Let’s go home. It’s becoming dark. (Mari kita pulang ke rumah. Mulai gelap.) |
| 2 | Our dream has finally come true. (Impian kita akhirnya menjadi kenyataan.) |
| 3 | We tend to lose friends as we get older. (Kita cenderung kehilangan teman-teman ketika menjadi lebih tua.) |
| 4 | My knife’s edge has gone dull. (Mata pisau saya menjadi tumpul.) |
| 5 | His hair grew neat. (Rambutnya tumbuh rapi.) |
| 6 | The teacher lets his students’ imagination run wild. (Guru tersebut membiarkan imajinasi siswa-siswanya berjalan liar.) |
| 7 | I’ve noticed that her lips and finger nails turned blue in cold weather. (Saya telah menyadari bahwa bibir dan kukunya menjadi biru di cuaca dingin.) |
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References:
- Linking Verbs. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#linking. Accessed on October 29, 2015.
- The Grammar Logs # 443. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/grammarlogs3/grammarlogs443.htm. Accessed on October 28, 2015.
- William E. Rutherford. (2014). Second Language Grammar: Learning and Teaching. New York: Routledge.
- Be. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be. Accessed on October 29, 2015.
- Copula. http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/copulaterm.htm. Accessed on October 29, 2015.